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- Summary: This is the debut album for the four-piece garage-rock band fronted by Kpt.Michi.Gan's Michael Beckett.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 7 out of 15
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Mixed: 7 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Nine bracing blasts of terse, catchy noise-pop.
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The consistency of the record and The Beautiful New Born Children’s intensity is what sells this album.
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'Hey People!' dashes past in such a whippy blur that it's far from immediately apparent what on earth to make of it, although if you suspect it'd be fun going back to find out we wouldn't argue.
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Lo-fi veneer aside, Beckett's songs could plausibly receive the same seven-word description as an Art Brut masterpiece-- funny lyrics shouted over basic rock riffage-- but here that's as meh as it sounds.
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There's something about the determinedly primal recording techniques and clunky, 'we-just-learnt-this-today!' instrumentation that doesn't ring true.
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Brash and trashy.
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The result is exactly what you'd expect: loud and hard garage rock devoid of personality or originality.
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